Education and business leaders met Thursday at the College of Coastal Georgia to discuss workforce development.

Ralph Staffins, president and CEO of the Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, served as the moderator for the panel of education leaders who explained what their institutions are doing to help prepare students to enter the workforce.

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